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Grafton, West Virginia

City in Taylor County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Grafton

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 22 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good28 ppb22 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Grafton

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grafton, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Grafton, West VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Grafton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/37.3 mi away/3,390 ft/2,373 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Grafton 1.8 WNWWV-TA-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/979 ft/38 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DamTYGW2

At a dam/1.8 mi away/981 ft/36 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank704of 711

Station report

The weather at Clarksburg/Benedum, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Grafton, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:16 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clarksburg/Benedum, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKBFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Clarksburg/Benedum: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKBFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Clarksburg/Benedum, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKBFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Clarksburg/Benedum, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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Near Grafton

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